Lightbulbs

[HungryHippos]

I moved into my place a couple of years ago, and some of my bulbs have blown/died.

Gone are the days of simple bayonet fitting bulbs it seems. For some reason almost every bulb fitting I have is unique/different! I'd like some advice on what kind of bulbs I'd need to replace/get spares

Ideally from the same place, if there is a one-stop bulb shop. I'd also like to replace high energy bulbs with lower energy ones if I can (LED for example).

Bulb 1

First of all, the overhead light in the bedroom has gone. According to the bulb I took out it's a Philips Master PL-C 13W/840/4P bulb. Made in china, has a square bottom, and 4 prongs. The bulb itself is 4 longish fluorescent tubes.

it's not a very nice light that these give off, is there a reasonable replacement for them? I have a 2nd one of these in the study.

Bulb 2

One of my LED bulbs has gone, these are fitted in the kitchen and the bathrooms. According to the bulb it's a Kosnic KLED05PWR 5W 240V GU10 3000K D05 bulb.

It looks reasonably good quality, has a heatsink on the back, and 4 LED's behind semi frosted glass.

Bulb 3

I have a lamp, for which I have never found a bulb that fits it. Any ideas what this bulb fitting is? Inside is a twisty thing.

Bulb 4

My other lamp, has a different bulb. The bulb went, it's a larger twisty fitting, not sure what kind of bulb this is either. The top of the bulb says STATUS 240V 28W.

Bulb 5

I have several overhead lights in the hallway/dining room that appear to be standard bayonet fit lightbulbs. The bulb says BELL 250V 60W.

Can I replace these with LED bulbs somehow?

 

[HungryHippos]

So...

Bulb 1 - not sure, could do with replacing the fitting itself somehow to fit a better bulb type?

Bulb 2 - Standard GU10 fitting, would these work?

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/spot-lights/gu10-led-bulbs/6-watt-gu10-led-spotlight.html

Bulb 3 - E14 potentially

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-bulbs/e14-led-bulbs/6-watt-e14-led-standard-shape-bulb.html

Bulb 4 - E27 potentially

This? http://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-bulbs/e27-led-bulbs/7-watt-e27-high-output-standard-shape-led-bulb.html

Bulb 5 - standard bayonet fixing bulbs, can I replace with these?

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/led-bulbs/b22-led-bulbs/7-watt-b22-high-output-standard-shape-led-bulb.html

Dimming not required on any bulbs. Is it safe to just replace with the lower power LED ones assuming the old ones were generally using the higher powered bulbs previously?

Generally speaking was aiming for 500-600 lumens, and warm white as the colour of choice

 

[HungryHippos]

For bulb 1 - According to http://www.lighting.philips.com/mai...l-c/master-pl-c-4-pin/927907184005_EU/product it's a G24q-1 fitting, I guess 4p means "4 pin".

Some real funky looking replacements here for the fitting: http://www.ledison-led-lights.co.uk/p/PL+LED+G24+8Watt/40.htm

Bulb 2 - The en-suite is quite small and only has 3 LED lights in, with 1 broken. I could potentially buy 3 of them and replace them all, and use the 2 that still work as spares for my other rooms for when/if they go?

Bulb 5 - Thanks, I can but try

 

[HungryHippos]

There is a Screwfix near me, will go and check it out see what they have

EDIT - Went to Screwfix.

Wound up getting the LAP Mini Globe Opal in 3 different types of fitting, it's a 5W/30W equivalent LED bulb.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-golf-ball-opal-led-lamp-white-es-5w/2113g

I got it in E14, E27 and B22 (bayonet) fittings. All of which work just great! I haven't replaced all of my bayonet bulbs but I don't use them as much, just replaced the main hallway one which I use the most. When the others die I will replace them with these.

The bulbs are pretty bright, they are a nice colour too so far, not too white or anything! happy

For bulb 1 - will have more of a shop around, the ones I have are just awful. Eventually maybe I can change the fitting to a standard bulb one and just use a low energy LED bulb.

For bulb 2 - I have been recommended these: http://www.ecosaveledlights.co.uk/mled5wgu10.html

I may just buy 3 of them, and swap all of them in the en-suite, keep the 2 I remove as spares for the other rooms.